Posts Tagged ‘walleye’

Jump in to Geneva-on-the-Lake’s first big walleye tournament. The Big Fish Friday has a $20 entry, with the winner taking call. The Walleye Open Saturday has a $200 entry, with an expected top prize of $10,000. (Based on a 100-boat field.) The contest weighs the top five fish from each team, which can have one…

Heading out with your fishing pole this weekend? Here’s the Fish Ohio report from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Western Basin Walleye Where: Fishing remains good, though most of the larger fish have moved east to find cooler water, smaller fish remain plentiful. Reports of limits are still coming from Toledo east to the…

Caught anything good lately? “Fishing can be a challenge in the warm waters of mid- to late summer, and fishing early or late in the day are best bets,” Cleveland Metroparks aquatic biologist Mike Durkalec writes in his monthly summer fishing report. Channel catfish and carp thrive in warm water, and plenty of catfish are…

Come join us on Bridge Street, the street awarded as America’s Main Street winner for 2018 as we celebrate our 10th Annual Wine and Walleye Festival. Over 12 of the Grand River Valley’s best wineries will be on hand as well as a street fair, fireworks, live music, and sailing tours aboard the 1893 Lettie…

Who’s going fishing this weekend? The walleye in Lake Erie are plentiful this summer. Here’s where you can catch them — and other fish, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Walleye fishing on Lake Erie is better than maybe ever, and it’s bringing new folks to the sport Western Basin Walleye Where: Fishing…

Avon Lake-area fishermen partnered with the Avon Lake Parks and Recreation Department to create this tournament to benefit Community Resource Services, a nonprofit that provides basic needs assistance and individualized resource and referral services for Avon and Avon Lake families. There’s a 50-team limit for the tournament. Teams may consist of as many fishermen as…

Walleye fishing on Lake Erie is better than many anglers can remember. “The walleye fishing, I’ve never seen it like this in my lifetime,” said Craig Lewis, owner of Erie Outfitters shop in Lorain. “You can catch them any way you want.” By the end of June, Erie Outfitters has usually sold its last fishing…

Jeff Lunsford caught a 13-pound, 4-ounce walleye on Saturday, the last morning of the Fish Crazy Derby, with his fishing buddy Mark Carr. The partners are splitting their first place prize, a $40,000 Starweld Fusion Pro 20 boat. Lunsford, 56, of Galion, has been fishing most of his life, but until about five years ago…

Eight-year-old Reese Lecon is winning the spring Fish Crazy Walleye Derby, with a 12-pound, 3-ounce whopper. And if he can keep his lead for another 11 days, he’ll win a $40,000 2018 Fusion Pro 20 DC boat. “He tells everybody that he’ll have a boat that’s nicer than his dad’s,” said his mom, Jaclyn…

Weather is warming up, and the boat launch ramps are in the water at the Cleveland Metroparks. In the Metroparks’ weekly fish report, aquatic biologist Mike Durkalec said smallmouth bass are now swimming in the Rocky, Chagrin and Cuyahoga rivers. Note: you can’t keep smallmouth/largemouth bass caught in Lake Erie or the Rocky River north of…